My Cell Phone Story

This post brought to you by Straight Talk. All opinions are 100% mine.

Two years ago as I was planning a family vacation I knew I needed to get a cell phone.  Up until that point my hubby and I had not found a cell phone company that we wanted to be bound to.  Our friends and family all complained about the fees and charges that would make their cell phone bills unpredictable-something we did not find appealing.  After researching several different companies we were still confused and bewildered at the cost of having a cell phone.

As a last resort I headed to Walmart before our vacation to get a trac-phone--a non commitment cell phone that would hopefully have coverage where we needed it.  To my surprise the cashier pointed me to the Straight Talk Phones.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing:

• Unlimited Monthly service only $45, includes calls, text, picture messaging, and web.

or

• $30 for the “All You Need Plan”  with 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30 MB of web data.

(Do you know how many hours 1,000 minutes is?)everything you need

No Contract, no credit checks, just a straight monthly fee, which can be paid online or purchased at Wal-Mart.

http://www.straighttalk.com/

Even the phone selection was great.  I had my choice from: LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung.

I made my selection and left with a basic LG phone.

Two years later I tell people everywhere about Straight Talk.  I can't believe the amount of money I have saved by using Straight Talk.  Knowing exactly how much my cell phone will cost each month has helped our family to budget better and save more money.

hook, line and sinker

Not only have we been able to save money for vacations, projects for crafting and sewing, and everyday entertainment we have great nationwide coverage and amazing reception wherever we go.   Seriously great coverage-more than once I have been the only one in a large group with any coverage!  All with no contract hanging over our heads.

call a friend

We feel like we can afford the cell phone "luxury" that seemed to allude us before.

What would you buy with the extra money you save?

Hair's a Donation

After Tangled came out last year did anyone's little girl refuse to get their hair cut?  I mean go into hysterics if you mentioned a trim?  Well, my little girl was that girl.  We could get her do behave well if we mentioned a haircut-it was kind of nice.  Something changed this week and she decided she wanted her hair cut-just like mommy's.  She hasn't had a good chop for almost 2 1/2 years.  And her hair grows fast.  While she was at school I researched hair donation and found a place to donate.

The problem with cutting hair short is that it needs to be styled-something I'm not an expert in and I didn't want to fork out lots of money either.  Google to the rescue...

http://www.thehairstylistblog.com/index.html

Yes, I found an awesome video and blog about cutting hair.  This video for cutting a bob is very detailed and gives good tips-at least for me.

Isn't it fun?

 We had enough to donate and style.

 Once again from this long hair to...

 It's still a little wet in this shot, but once it dried it has the funnest bounce to it.

My only issue is the straight line across the middle of the hair-this came from cutting it in a ponytail.  I'm sure in a month or two when we need to trim it up the line won't be so dramatic.

Sausage Roll Skirt

For my little girl's best friends birthday I made a fun skirt.  It is called the sausage roll skirt because of the way it is sewn-similar to a pillowcase.

For this skirt I cut three strips of fabric

14x45 (main fabric)

6x45 (bottom layer)

2x45 (trim-optional)
Click for to read the rest of the instructions